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think of, all the time moving closer towards it with 
the velvet cover over his head, and with the camera 
in front of his face, for the purpose of taking the 
photo from 
the most ad- 
vantageous 
side and in 
order to 
FOCUS IÈ 
Ee seal 
continued 
to sleep. 
Vexed at its 
indolence, 
Mr. Ber 
nacchi asked 
Mr. Colbeck to give the brute a gentle kick, which 
he did, with the result that the seal, with a tremendous 
roar, rose on to its flippers and dashed towards the 
lens of the camera through which Mr. Bernacchi 
glared at it some three or four feet away. The scene 
was changed. It was now the seal taking a mental 
photo of Bernacchi lying on the ground with his 
legs in the air, but faithfully sticking to the camera, 
while the velvet cloth mercifully covered his face 
from the savage look of the seal, and the amused 
spectators. 
On April 1st we were again shooting with a rifle 
at a target in the morning. It was All Fools’ Day, 
and we used the opportunity for all sorts of surprises 
by playing practical jokes on one another. Mr. 
Hanson, who was in the hut at the time, was told that 
Mount Sabine was in eruption. He rushed out and 
“HE REPEATEDLY ASKED IT TO LOOK PLEASANT.” 
